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(No Model.)

H. L. PERRIS.

HAY CARRIER.

Patented Mar."5

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UNITED STATES ATENT @rricn.

HENRY Ii. FER-BIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGXOR TO .lll NT, IIELM 8t FERRIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,140, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed October 10, 1888. Serial 1%. 28?,756. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a resident of Harvard, in the county of McI-Ienry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-(larriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The objectof this invention is to provide a carrier that,while acting in other respects like ordinary carriers, shall automatically adjust its wheels, so that all mayat all times bear upon the supportingtrack, whether or not the track is in perfect alignment.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the carrier. Fig. 2 shows the same seen from above. Fig. 3 is a section on the line y,Fig. 1. Fig. i shows the inside face of the side seen in Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 show a slight modification, as hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, A A are halves of a carrier-fram e, and B B are rigid arms extcn ding up ward from the parts AA, respectively, and hearing at their respective extremities the four wheels 0 G C C, mounted upon suitable gudgeons and resting upon the double track I) D, of. culinary construction. The arms B are formed integrally with the half A of the frame, as usual; but the arms l3 are formed integrally in a separate piece, and this pivoted at its middle to the half A by a rivet or bolt, E,ncar its upper edge. A flauge, 7", upon the part A limits the oscillation of the arm upon this pivot, and a hook, G, engaging a flange, ll, upon the arms lower edge, holds the latter firmly against the outer face of the frame. As an additional security, a lip, 1, Fig. 4, projects over the inner face of the part A at the pivotal point, and thus the edge of the part A is held and pivoted between two integrally-formed plane parallel parts of the arm, and the two wheels borne by that arm oscillate freely in a vertical plane, while they are practically held as rigidly in that plane as if formed integrally with the part A in the usual manner.

The two parts A A inclose and support the usual devices, (not shown,) and are bolted or riveted together in the ordinary manner.

The operation of the device is evident from the construction. The slight osci llatiou of the integrally-formcd arms 3, as the loaded carrier passes along imperfectly-adjusted sections of the track, compensates for everypossible slight irregularity in the surface over which the wheels pass, and consequently the four wheels at all times bear upon the track, and thus the insecurity and strain resulting from supporting the load upon three wheels only is entirely avoided.

As it is evident that the exact construction shown need not be followed in securing adjustahilit y of two of the wheels, I do not wish to limit myself to this precise form of embodiment of my invention.

In Figs. 5 and 6, which correspond to Figs. 1 and 3, the, arms B B are pivoted upon the face of the part A by a bolt near the upper edge thereof, and the lower edge is held by a projection, 0, formed integrally with the arms and passing through a segmental annular aperture, l, in the part A, and thence downward a short distance in contact with the plane face thereof.

'hat I claim is I. In a hay-carrier, a carricr-lframc provided with wheels adapted to engage or rest upon opposite sides of the supporting-track, the wheels of one side being mounted upon arms pivoted to said frame, suliisiantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the iwo-part carrier-frame A A, having intcgrallyformed arms on part A, said arms hearing supportingavheels U" C', of the intcgrallpformed arms B, pivoted on the part A of said frame and bearing the wheels suliistantially as set forth.

3. The combination. with the two-part carricrframo A A, on 0 part of which provided. with iutcgrz'il l v-lformcd wlmel-bemring arms B, of the ini'cgrally-lormcd arms 13, pivoted to ihe other part of said frame, said arms E having the flange II and said frame part A having the hook G, adapted to engage said flange, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The oombinationpvith thefralne A A,pr0- In testimony whereof I have signed this IO vided with Wheel-bearing arms B,formed intespecification in the presence of two subscribgrally With the part A, of arms B, formed intein g Witn esses. grally with each other and pivoted to the part 5 A, and wheels (I l',mom1tedup0n the arms B, I HENRY L. FERRIS.

respectively, said arms B having the flange H and the lip I, and said frame part A having \Vitnesses:

the hook G, adapted to engage said flange, A. \V. YOUNG, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. CHAS. L. \VARREN. 

